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Richard Brooks: Biteback

The new presenter of Desert Island Discs should be known by the end of the month. Sue MacGregor, despite still being missed on Radio 4’s Today, can be ruled out. Great voice, but a bit too old-school. The best R4 male voice is Nick Clarke, who has now recovered from cancer, but he is wanted back at The World at One.

The name I hear most is Newsnight’s Martha Kearney, also increasingly on Woman’s Hour. Sue Lawley says another woman should succeed her. One should not be gender-specific, but Kearney would be a good choice. A lot, lot better than Andrew Marr or Jonathan Dimbleby, who are, according to the bookies, frontrunners.

More than a year ago, 20 of Britain’s top contemporary artists promised to donate at least one of their works to replenish the Tate’s collection. So far, not much has been handed over, and, where it has, it’s